uncento

Macanese

Alternative forms

• cento, um cento

Etymology

Univerbation of unga +‎ Portuguese cento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uŋˈsɛntu/

Numeral

uncento

1. one hundred

Noun

uncento

1. hundred

   uncento fora ― a hundred-odd, a hundred and change

2. (figurative) many, a quantity, a lot, a bunch

   Tâ papiá uncento di parabiça

   They are talking a lot of nonsense

   Tâ papiâ um cento pantominice

   He's telling a bunch of lies

Usage notes

• As seen with the alternative form, this is one of the rare cases where Macanese may employ the Portuguese indefinite article um, rather than the Macanese unga.
• cento may be used instead to denote several hundred, for example quánto cento (“several hundred”).

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#uncento